How to make fwupd detect ESP partition?

When I run any fwupd command, e.g. fwupdmgr get-devices , I get:

x fwupdmgr get-devices
WARNING: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found for more information.
Dell Inc. Latitude 5420

├─System Firmware:
│ │   Device ID:          34bf7e4c173798e36e
│ │   Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │   Current version:    1.39.1
│ │   Minimum Version:    1.39.1
│ │   Vendor:             Dell (DMI:Dell Inc.)
│ │   Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          ef9c68af09e25eb2
│     Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│     Current version:    184
│     Minimum Version:    184
│     Vendor:             DMI:Dell Inc.
│     Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected

x fwupdmgr get-devices
WARNING: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found for more information.
Dell Inc. Latitude 5420

├─System Firmware:
│ │   Device ID:          34bf7e4c173798e36e
│ │   Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │   Current version:    1.39.1
│ │   Minimum Version:    1.39.1
│ │   Vendor:             Dell (DMI:Dell Inc.)
│ │   Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          ef9c68af09e25eb2
│     Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│     Current version:    184
│     Minimum Version:    184
│     Vendor:             DMI:Dell Inc.
│     Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected

How can we address this?

7 Replies

autumn (CIPG)•2mo ago

did you look at https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found ?

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PluginFlag:esp not found

A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware - fwupd/fwupd

krishnakumarOP•2mo ago

Yes. It works on all OSes other than blendOS (is it because /boot is not writable?)

autumn (CIPG)•2mo ago

afaik /boot is writable? i could be wrong though i'll try to take a look at it later

Asterisk•2mo ago

If it’s not writeable add fwupd commands to system.yaml Do the update during system build

krishnakumarOP•2mo ago

I tried it But it still says that ESP partition is not detected How do other blendOS users here update your system's firmware?

Asterisk•2mo ago

Remount the partition as writeable then sudo mount -o remount,rw /boot

Thomas•2mo ago

Install Gparted, select the boot partition, open flags, tick on the boot flag.

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